However, Nisha and Amil are Hindu and Kazi is Muslim. Nisha, Amil, and the family’s cook, Kazi, have always been very close. Her father is rarely home due to long work hours and, when he is home, he treats Amil poorly because Amil can’t focus or read. Her grandmother, Dadi (Dadi means grandmother on the paternal side in Hindi, Sindhi, and Urdu), loves her but is distant and doesn’t know how to handle Amil and Nisha. As the story progresses, Nisha and her family endure hardships, are forced to leave their home, and grow closer as a result. Two themes of the book are family and sticking together. However, as the story goes on, it gets easier to understand and more interesting. At the beginning of the book, this format is hard to follow because it seems like Nisha is always talking to someone else, yet there is minimal dialogue. The Night Diary is written in the form of letters from Nisha to her mother, who died giving birth to her and her twin brother, Amil. This book is about a quiet 12-year-old Hindu girl named Nisha and her family’s journey out of Pakistan after India is freed from British rule.
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